292 



Miscellaneous analyses (p]). (;!)-71). — Analyses are jiivon of 

 mixed fi^'d and liay heated in tlic mow with ictViciicc to food iiiiiicd- 

 ients, and of IJeHamy bone phosphate, tobaeeo and siilplinr, mnck, iiiillc, 

 butter, Insect Exterminator, and paint. 



Financial statement (p. 72), — Report of the reeei]>ts and expend- 

 itures of the station for the fiscal year ending Jun«' 30, 1SS!>. 



New Jersey Stations, Annual Report, 1889 (pp. 355). 



Report of Treasitrer of State Station, J. Netlson (p. ll).— 

 This is for the calendar year ISSO. . 



Report of Director, :\I. E. Gates, Ph. D. (pp. l.'?-22).— This is 

 an outline statement of the work of the staticms durinji" 18SU. Special 

 reference is made to the loss sustained by the stations in the death of 

 the former director, George II. Cook, LL. D., which occurred Seiitem- 

 l)er 22, 1SS<>. 



Fertilizers, E. V>. Vookiiees, M. A. (pp. 2;.)-l(H ). — Frrtiliztr sta- 

 tistics (pp. 24-20). — This iiK Iiide.s statistics as to the amnnnt and \alue 

 of the fertilizers sold in tlie State during ISSO, and a eomjnnison of 

 ])ri('es, anionnt, and qnality with those of each year from 1SS2 to ISSS. 



.V rejtort from forty out of the tifty-six linns in the State dealing in 

 ferlilizers. inelnding those ha\ ing the largest sales, indicated that dnr- 

 ing 1SS!> tliey sold within the State 32,24(> tons of fertilizers, valned at 



$i,ioi;,22;;. i 



Tlu' « f>iiii>lcti' niannrps roprosoiit 7t per cent of tlie total nmulxT of tons sold and 

 77 jn-r <<nt ol' tin- total value ol" all salrs. » » <■ ^\ f(iiii)(aiis<m of tlic piircs in 

 IKSlt with those in jirevious years] shows that the averafje jtriees for these eoin]iieto 

 fertilizers fell steadily from ISSL' to 1XK7, when it was ir> i>er ecnt lower, and that the 

 averaj^o price of this year [ISSit] is alumt t percent hijrlier than that «>f l,ss7 and 

 1888. * * * 



[It is fnrther shown that] the decline in the prices of coni]>lete fertilizers from 

 lS82-'87 was not accompanied by n corresjtonding deere.ise in the ahsolnte amonnts 

 of plant food delivered to consnmers, and the increase in price for 1889 w.ns notaccom 

 panied hy any increase in the amonnt of i>lant food delivered to ••onsnmers. * 



Couimercial rclatioufi of fertilizers (pp. 20-101). — rn<ler this heading 

 are given a com])arison of tlu' wholesale and retail prices of fertilizing 

 ingredients from 1SS5 to ISSO; a monthly review of the jirices of crude 

 fertilizing ijigredients during the year; the Jiverage retail luices of nitro- 

 gen, ])hositlioiic acid, and potash from dilVereiit sources since 1SS.~>; a 

 ])optilar (liscnssion of the sources ^)\' sn|>ply of nitrogen. ]»h<)sph(trie acid, 

 ami potash; general snggc^stions as to Intw lu buy ami how t<» nseectni 

 mereial fertilizers: abstracts from the State fertilizer law ; a des( lipt ion 

 of the statiftn's nu'lhod of «'nlle«'t ing samples of the fertilizers sold within 

 the State; the schedule of trade values of fertilizing ingredients tor 1SS7. 

 ISSS, and 1SS!>; and analyses of 230 samides of commercial fertilizei>. 

 iiicliuling bone, lish scrap, horse meat, and kainit, collected in the Stale 



